Trading technology
Oanda unveils new social networking-based spot platform
Oanda's fxUnity platform, unveiled this week, is aimed at making FX trading simpler and more user-friendly for aspiring currency traders
Tradeo to launch with social trading network
New social networking site will allow FX traders to connect to their peers – and to trade
Commerzbank revamps e-commerce platform to include FX structuring
The German bank will migrate existing clients this month from Click&Trade FX onto its rebranded Commander platform
Tradeweb joins multibank FX options fray
The launch of Tradeweb’s multibank platform for FX options puts the vendor into competition with a host of other new platforms
BNP Paribas preps launch of Cortex single-dealer platform
French bank expects to launch its new platform early in the first quarter of 2012, following a 14-month development period
DealHub launches proximity hosting for FX trading systems
Co-location in Equinix data centres has already gone live for customers in London, and will go live in New York in the coming weeks
Multiple repositories will protect against technological failure
Regis-Tr will roll out its reporting services for foreign exchange in mid-November
SmartLive Markets introduces new price feed index
Application developed through partnership between technology vendors Swissrisk Financial Systems and Gold-i
RBC deploys Progress Apama
LONDON – RBC Capital Markets has deployed Progress Apama's FX Aggregation system to support its FX dealing operations, the vendor announced last week (September 8).
2010 e-FX Awards are presented to winners in New York
Each year, FX Week holds the e-FX Awards, recognising innovation and success in the electronic foreign exchange trading industry.
Glory Sky sees potential with GFI Fenics
NEW YORK & HONG KONG - Glory Sky Group, a Hong Kong brokerage house, has chosen GFI Fenics’ Professional to help manage its FX and commodities derivatives business.
White-labelling: Why re-invent the wheel?
Christian Bock, managing partner of Consulting for Banking and Brokerage Solutions (CBBS) in Zurich, looks at the benefits of using a white-labelled platform and the issues to consider when choosing one
First Derivatives pays $4.7 million for Cognotec IP
First Derivatives is paying $4.7 million to snap up the key assets and intellectual property of bankrupt Irish FX software provider Cognotec. The deal was signed last night (February 14), just two weeks after Cognotec was placed into receivership on…
Beta-Gamma Research unleashes Trigger Trader
New FX algo product aimed at mid-tier banks launched
Gain Capital launches FX ECN
Retail broker sets sights on institutional market
FXall realigns with LavaFX acquisition
FXall outlines ambitions following LavaFX acquisition
Integral rolls out hosted services
Vendor targets systematic traders
Bloomberg gains as spend falls
Overall, spending on market data contracted in 2009, but some vendors are bucking the trend